Welcome to the Favorite Things Gift Guide! The best part about this gift guide is that it’s evergreen! All of these things on this list are timeless and a great gift any time of the year. The second best thing is that I get the honor of sharing my favorite things with you! I’ve included (phone) pics of my experiences so you can see how much fun they all are.

I was nominated for this award by Evi from Evseats.com. Please check out all she has to offer at her blog also!

What is the Newbie Blogger Liebster Award?

The Newbie Blogging Liebster Award is an award given to new bloggers, usually for those who have less than 200 followers, by other bloggers as a way to support each other in our journey to growing and building our blogs.

What are the rules?

Post your award to your blog.

Answer the questions you were given by the person who nominated you

Nominate a small group of other new bloggers you’ve discovered

Create 10 new questions for the nominees

Thank the blogger who nominated you and link their blog.

Here are the questions Evi gave me, along with my answers!

Why did you start your blog?
I started 918 Plate as a venture to bring local foods into more kitchens! And also try my hand at monetizing a blog and seeing where it can lead. I had another food blog for 2 years, prior to 918 Plate.

Who are some of your favorite bloggers and why?
Some of my favorite bloggers are listed BELOW! Why? Passion and drive. Also, huge shoutout to Nagi at RecipeTin Eats, for everything she does for the food blogging community through Food Bloggers Central.

What are your short-term and long term goals for your blog?
ST: Actually go “in the green” for once! Increase traffic.
LT: Build my blog community with dedicated, invested readers. Go viral. Make millions. Or something like that 😉

If you could live anywhere in the world; where would you live?
This question is too hard! Can I just pledge to visit the whole world and THEN decide?

What are your current top 5 favorite things?
1. My husband. He’s the best.
2. Chocolate.
3. Cheese.
4. Videos of people doing this dance.
5. My new camera! 🙂

What’s your favorite food city and why?
Now…I haven’t been to ALL the cities yet, but went to Chicago in May and it was amazing.

What’s the easiest and hardest part about blogging for you?
Consistency, coming up with content in time to get it to y’all!

Name one thing you can’t live without.
Jesus! and maybe popcorn.

What motivates you to continue blogging?
Building the community!!

Relationship status? Any kids (2 or 4 legged)?
Married to my handsome hubs, no pets or babies (yay).

Who Did I Nominate for Liebster Award?

These awesome bloggers deserve a shout out for all of their hard work! Please get to know them through their blogs and enjoy! These are some of my nearest and dearest, and also some amazing people I’ve met through the Oklahoma Women Bloggers Network!

Congratulations on your Liebster Award!

Hi, I’m Hillary!

Welcome to 918 Plate, where I use locally-sourced ingredients, whether they're from the farmers market, local Oklahoma businesses, or even my own backyard. Learn to #enJOY fresh cooking with me! Learn more about me…